[kawhill]

This kind of thing fascinates me.

[PGR88]

Why not? We’ve decided biology doesn’t exist any longer either and by God, doctors can engineer a penis on a woman and “milk” from men’s breasts.

[waterhill]

Paging John Galt.

[AndyTheBear]

Heck, Aang already laughs at gravity all the time.

[Red Badger]

MORE:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4232885/posts

[ProtectOurFreedom]

British Electrical Engineer Roger Shawyer first introduced the “Impossible Drive.”

And it's every bit as good as the Impossible Burger.

[Magnum44]

[irishjuggler]

Probably snake oil...

[Cats1]

tr3b

[BigFreakinToad]

I’ve read about this. it is very interesting, but comments from other scientist say it lacks proof and pier review.

[bigbob]

[blackdog]

We live in a “Make $hit Up World” anyway. Might as well go all out.

[dayglored]

Same old, same old.

Assuming it's not outright fabrication (i.e. lying) for fame or funding, I guarantee that the following is true in some form:

The experiments/tests that indicated massless propulsion were inaccurate. Period.

Maybe it was measurement error, procedural error, neglecting to take into account the entirety of the operational system (you might "win" in one part but you "lose" in another), rounding error, etc.

At best, an honest mistake.

At worst, a scam.

Nobody "defies the laws of physics", at least not on Earth, and as far as we can tell, anywhere else.

So sorry, play again....

[discostu]

Producing thrust without releasing propellant doesn’t defy the laws of physic. It does defy the way we do things, but that’s because we got addicted to rockets. But let’s not forget that they are 13th century technology, there are options.

[waterhill]

I can tell you about gravity. It hurts.

[RightOnTheBorder]

I think this technology was launched into space a few months ago but the satellite itself suffered a failure which did not allow the drive to be tested. Also, IIRC the forces (supposedly) produced are small so things like component outgassing and solar radiation make force verification difficult.

I too find this all fascinating. For a lot of quantum science the actual mechanisms are not well understood and boil down to “our mathematical models say this should work.”

[dayglored]

[Macoozie]

“produce thrust without releasing . . . would be a game-changer”

Ultimate Birth Control!

[frank ballenger]

The iconic X Files flying cow scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHhiLB3-dpw

[Mount Athos]

This is pretty amazing. If anyone hasn’t seen the short video I link it below:

https://i.imgur.com/Piw3Tca.mp4

[Yo-Yo]

Here he is explaining his theory to a colleague: